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bacchant

/ˈbækənt/
/bəkant/

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Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

noun bacchants · bacchantes · Bacchant

A priest of Bacchus.
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

adjective more bacchant · most bacchant · Bacchant

fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
Similar: bacchanalian

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@misc{bacchant_2026,
  title = {bacchant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bacchant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}